plagiarism

If Rand Paul Is Guilty of Plagiarism… So Is Almost Every President Since George Washington

Mandeville, LA - Exclusive Video and Audio - Let's not forget that almost every President since the greatest one (George Washington in case you were wondering) has had speech writers. These people are often influenced by other sources throughout history, sometimes they are quoted, cited in footnotes, sometimes they are not. It's always better to cite your sources, especially now days, when the media is ready to pounce on anyone […]

June 11, 2015 5

The Founders

Here’s An Example From Jefferson On How To Argue Your Position In A Scholarly Manner

Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – How many times have you checked your email, gone to your Facebook page, gone to your Twitter feed, go to your blog on your website and someone has gotten into an internet spat or an electronic spat with someone else and they have played the final trump card? What is it? It’s a quote. How many times have you seen a quote played as […]

November 25, 2013 10

Transcripts

Perhaps Rand Paul Didn’t Technically Plagiarize But His Scholarship Is Highly Lacking

Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – What has emerged is that there are instances where he has quoted effusively or excessively from prior written works. He’s done so in his speeches and he’s done so in his written works. Quoting from prior written works is fine. I do it all the time. You have to go through the process of footnoting or denoting sources. It’s almost impossible to do this […]

November 6, 2013 20

Founders Television

Maybe Rachel Maddow Should Look Up The Definition of “Plagiarism” on Wikipedia

Mandeville, LA - Exclusive Video and Audio - Plagiarism, according to wikipedia, is 'the "wrongful appropriation" and "purloining and publication" of another author's "language, thoughts, ideas, or expressions," and the representation of them as one's own original work.' See what I did there? I quoted the source. Well, Rand Paul was giving a speech at a campaign stop for Ken Cuccinelli the other day and, although he doesn't cite his […]

October 29, 2013 5